[rfc-i] Doing something else on April 1

paul.hoffman at vpnc.org (Paul Hoffman) Sun, 03 April 2016 11:33 UTC

From: paul.hoffman at vpnc.org (Paul Hoffman)
Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2016 08:33:46 -0300
Subject: [rfc-i] Doing something else on April 1
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On 2 Apr 2016, at 22:30, Martin J. D?rst wrote:

> On 2016/04/03 05:47, Paul Hoffman wrote:
>
>> FWIW, there was a pretty strong backlash in the tech community against
>> April Fools "jokes" this year, growing from previous years.
>
> Where, and why? Pointers appreciated.

All over Twitter on the day or two before the 1st. Examples:

https://twitter.com/gruber/status/715630299661656064

https://twitter.com/SavedYouAClick/status/715705105794904064

https://twitter.com/Foxtrot44/status/715934640813506560

--Paul Hoffman